Alan looked at me with a smug, triumphant expression after hanging up.
"Just wait. The director will be here any minute. Later this afternoon, we will hold a meeting with the board to decide what to do with you.
"If you get down on your knees and apologize right now, I might be able to persuade them to give you another chance and not press criminal charges."
The wealthy family stood nearby, shouting insults and threats at me nonstop.
But I barely heard a single word they said.
My mind was filled with the words the little boy had spoken to me just a few days before.
"Dr. Whitlock, once I get better, I want to study medicine too. I want to help people and be someone others respect, just like you."
His pale face kept flashing before my eyes.
It was all Lily's doing. If not for her, ho
